Kevin Choi
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 2 : Capital Markets: Securitisation
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Band 2
About
Provided by Kevin Choi
Practice Areas
Kevin Choi is a senior foreign attorney at Shin & Kim. With more than two decades of in-house and private practice experience in Seoul and overseas, his practice focuses on corporate and finance matters, including banking and securities transactions, regulatory matters (including finance IT regulatory), capital markets and other corporate, commercial matters across a broad range of industry sectors. Mr. Choi has extensive experience representing numerous Korean and foreign companies, investment and commercial banks, real estate investment vehicles, private equity funds, insurance companies and other multinational corporations and financial institutions in a myriad of matters, including real estate financing transactions, compliance and privacy matters, restructuring and insolvency matters, asset-backed securitization, structured finance and derivative transactions.
Career
Senior Foreign Attorney, Shin & Kim; Head of Legal, Korea, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (2010-2016); Associate Attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY (2002-2004); Associate Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, NY (2000-2002).
Professional Memberships
New York and Massachusetts Bar.
Publications
Asset-backed securitisation in Korea outside the ABS Act.
Education
Boston College Law School
J.D.
2000
Columbia University, Columbia College
B.A.
1996
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kevin Choi maintains an active securitisation practice representing a range of Korean and international issuers on ABS transactions and covered bond issuances. Clients also benefit from his experience as in-house counsel in a financial institution.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kevin Choi has expertise in the Korean market and is client-oriented."
"Kevin Choi has been a reliable adviser to us."
"Kevin Choi has expertise in the Korean market and is client-oriented."
"Kevin Choi has been a reliable adviser to us."